Load(MW) 20

25
30
25
35
Draw the load curve and calculate
(i)Maximum demand
(ii)Average load
Model Examination-II
Branch: EEE
Date&Time :15.10.2015&9.1512.15am Year/Sem:IV/VII
Max Marks: 100
Subject code&Title:
Faculty In-charge:
V.Anandhkumar
EE2401-Power System Operation and control
Part-A (10x2=20)
Answer All the Questions

1.Define spinning reserve (May/June-2014)

2.Differentiate load curve and load duration curve(Nov /
Dec-12)
3.Define stiffness of interconnected system
4.What is AGC?
5.What are the types of excitation system
6.Compare shunt and series capacitors
7.List the constraints in unit commitment problem
8.Draw the incremental cost curve for hydro and thermal
plants
9.What is EMS?list the functions of EMS
10.Define network topology in power system(Nov/Dec2012)
Part- B (5x16=80)
Answer All the Questions

11.a)(i)A generating station has a maximum demand of

20MW ,a load factor of 60% a plant capacity factor of 48%
and a plant use factor of 80%.Find the
(1)Daily energy produced
(2)Reserve capacity of
the plant
(3)maimum energy that could be produced daily if the
plant
were running all the time.
(10)
(4)What is load forecasting? Explain the types of load
forecasting.
(6)
(or)
b)(i) A generating station has the following daily load
cycle (Dec-12)
Time(Hr)
0-6
6-10
10-12 1216-20 20-24
16

(iii)Units generated/day
(8)

20

(iv)Load factor

(ii)What are system level and plant level control?

(8)
12.a)(i)Two synchronous machine with the following data are
operating In parallel to feed a common load of 300MW.
Machine 1: Governor speed droop:4%. Speed changer set to
give 75% rated load at rated speed.
Machine 2: Governor speed droop:3%, Speed changer set to
give 50%
rated load at rated speed. The nominal
frequency of operation of the set
is 50Hz. Determine
the load taken by each machine and the frequency.
(10)
(ii) Develop the block diagram model of a single area
LFC.
(May-15)
(6)
(or)
b) Develop the block diagram model of a two area LFC
system and obtain its
static and dynamic response.
(16)
13(a)(i)Derive the expression for relation between P,Q,V,I at
node.
(8)
(ii)Explain the injection of reactive power by switched
capacitors to maintain acceptable voltage profile(May/June2014) (8)
(or)
(b)(i)Draw the diagram of a typical AVR and develop its
block diagram representation.
(8)
(ii)Write short notes on
(a)Booster transformer
(b) OLTC for voltage control(Dec-12)
(8)

Faculty In- charge

14(a)(i)In a power system having two units ,the loss
coefficients are
0.0005
0.001
Bmm =
0.0024
0.0005
Incremental cost of the two units are given by,

dci/dpG1 = 0.08PG1+16; dci/dpG2=0.08PG2+12, Find the optimal

PG1 and PG2 for = 20(Dec-12)
(8)
(ii)State the unit commitment problem. With the help of
a flow chart explain forward dynamic programming solution
method of unit
Commitment problem.
(8)
(or)
(b)(i)Explain the Lambda-iteration method for
finding the solution of economic dispatch including
transmission losses.
(8)
(ii)Derive the co-ordination equation with losses.
(4)
(iii)Explain the term `Incremental operating cost.
(Dec-12)
(4)
15(a)(i)What is ECC? What are its major functions in
PSOC? (8)
(ii)Enumerate the various operating states and the
control strategies of a power system.
(May-15)
(8)
(or)
(b)(i)Explain the functions of SCADA with a neat
diagram.
(Dec-12)
(10)
(ii)What is the necessity of security analysis and
control?
(6)

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